Predicate: introduce
introduce: Frames file for 'introduce' based on survey of initial sentences of
big corpus and comparison with verbnet amalgamate 22.2.
Roleset id: introduce.01 , cause to meet, vncls: 22.2-3-1, framnet:
introduce.01: To my mind, "introduce" takes two almost-symmetrical arguments; that
is, if arg1 is introduced to arg2, logically arg2 is introduced to
arg1 as well. Further, there are complicated figure-ground and
intentionality relations to worry about also. To AVOID all of that,
take a purely *syntactic* approach to the arg1/arg2 distinction: arg2
is introduced by "to".
Roles:
Arg0: entity making introduction (vnrole: 22.2-3-1-agent)
Arg1: entity being introduced (vnrole: 22.2-3-1-patient1)
Arg2: entity being introduced TO (vnrole: 22.2-3-1-patient2)
Example: without arg2
Mr. Stoltzman introduced his colleagues.
Arg0: Mr. Stoltzman
Rel: introduced
Arg1: his colleagues
Example: with arg2
John introduced Mary to the pleasures of chocolate ice cream.
Arg0: John
Rel: introduced
Arg1: Mary
Arg2: to the pleasures of chocolate ice cream
Roleset id: introduce.02 , implement, begin, bring up, vncls: 55.5-1 22.2-3-1, framnet:
introduce.02: In WSJ this sense seems to be more common. Especially when the
"medium" argument is present, the two senses are very close in
meaning, at least to my mind. Both seem to map to VN class amalgamate 22.2-3-1.
Roles:
Arg0: implementer, starter (vnrole: 55.5-1-agent, 22.2-3-1-agent)
Arg1: thing being brought up (vnrole: 55.5-1-theme, 22.2-3-1-theme1)
Arg2: medium, where arg1 is brought up into (vnrole: 22.2-3-1-theme2)
Example: advertising
Newsweek will introduce a new incentive plan for advertisers.
Arg0: Newsweek
Argm-mod: will
Rel: introduce
Arg1: a new incentive plan for advertisers
Example: with medium
The man with the clipboard introduced a bit of les sportif into our
itinerary.
Arg0: The man with the clipboard
Rel: introduced
Arg1: a bit of les sportif
Arg2: into our itinerary.